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Al-Qabu
Sign in to saveAl-Qabu (, "the vault, or cellar") was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of Byzantine or Crusader rule over Palestine.
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- Locality
- מועצה אזורית מטה יהודה
- Region
- מחוז ירושלים
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 965
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Jerusalem Subdistrict
- Population
- 260
- Area
- 3806
- Elevation
- 760
- Image
- AlQabuJan222023 01.jpg
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- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- 1948 and the aftermath
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Al-Qabu (, "the vault, or cellar") was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of Byzantine or Crusader rule over Palestine.
Al-Qabu was depopulated on 22–23 October 1948, following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Following Israel's establishment, homes in the village were blown up by Israeli troops in May 1949 and in 1950, the moshav of Mevo Beitar was founded on the village lands.
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